Cyclone Gita has forced the Executive of the Marist Sports Club to make a number of changes to the Marist Sports Week programme. The announcement was made by the President of the Club, Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio, following an Executive Meeting today.

Putting together a mix team of boys and girls may not be an easy task, but through building trust and drive to play together can produce a formidable unit. These were key factors behind the “Tau Tag Dis” team who came second in last weekend’s first Samoa Tag Inc tournament held at the Marist Brother’s Mulivai School.

The Samoa Tag (Rugby) Incorporated (S.T.I.) hosted its first ever Tag Tournament in Samoa at the Marist Grounds Mulivai last week Saturday. It was an event filled with great excitement and frolicsome atmosphere for the teams who participated.

Sports teams gearing up for an exciting Marist Sports Week Festival ahead got a chance to stretch their legs and test out their combinations during a Rugby League 9’s and Touch Rugby one day tournament during the weekend.

The Bodybuilding Federation of Samoa is on a roll with a competition in American Samoa to continue the momentum. President and Coach, Benjamin Tamanikaiyaroi, says the main focus of this trip is to establish a relationship with their brothers and sisters in American Samoa.

It was the end of year result that any sports organisation can dream of. This was a culmination of endless training, commitment, effort, passion, endurance and love for the game and the country they represent.

The Samoa Tag Rugby Federation is set to host its first tournament in Samoa on Saturday, February 3, at the Marist Brothers Mulivai grounds. Tag rugby is a newly-introduced sport in Samoa which was launched in November last year.

Six weightlifters, including the President and Coach of the Samoa Weightlifting Federation, Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork, are in Noumea, New Caledonia, for a week-long training camp. This camp is fully funded by the International Weightlifting Federation.

The Marist St Joseph’s Sports Club anticipates another milestone achievement this year. A statement released by the club yesterday states they mark the 30th anniversary of the Marist International Sevens Competition and also launch the second installment of the Marist St Joseph’s International Sports Festival.

The very first four notes of Botany Bay played by the lonely sound of the flute as it gently floats the haunting melody, the woodwind sound vibrates entirely in the ventricle of a beating heart and the tears begin to well up.

The recent suspension of Weightlifter, Iuniarra Sipaia, who tested positive for a banned substance, has prompted the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (S.A.S.N.O.C.) to work towards preventing this issue from happening again.

Unasa ‘the Undertaker’ might have won the battle of ring entrance but it was his opponent, Tagaloa ‘Snakey’ Roebeck, who had the last laugh in the main event in the Fight for Marist III last night. A split decision went in favour of Snake, whom at one point, struggled to get off the canvas after his opponent landed a flurry of punches.

An estimated 2 million people celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' long-awaited first Super Bowl win will descend on the city Thursday as the Vince Lombardi trophy is paraded through five miles of jubilant fans.